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Persian calligraphy is the calligraphy of Persian writing system. It has always been one of the most deared arts throughout the centuries of the Persian history. It is believed to be one of the most eye catching and fascinating manifestations of Persian culture. Image File history File linksMetadata Persian_art_collage. ...
The Iranian Cultural Continent - consisting of the modern nations Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, and surrounding regions - is home to one of the richest art heritages in world history and encompasses many disciplines including architecture, painting, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking and stone masonry. ...
The Mona Lisa is one of the most recognizable artistic paintings in the Western world. ...
Persian painting has several branches, most famously the classical art of the Persian miniature, and including the modern popular form of Qahveh Khanehei Painting (Tea House style of painting). ...
The themes of Persian miniature are mostly related to the Persian mythology and poetry. ...
The decorative arts are traditionally defined as ornamental and functional works in ceramic, wood, glass, metal, or textile. ...
Iran (Persia) possesses an extraordinary treasure of royal jewelry including the mothers-of-pearl caught in the Persian Gulf. ...
Persian embroidery is one of the many forms of the multi-faceted Persian arts. ...
Persia (Iran) has an ancient tradition of its own design of motifs. ...
Pottery Vessel, Fourth Millennium BCE. The Sialk collection of Tehrans National Museum of Iran. ...
Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ...
Persian literature (in Persian: â ) spans two and a half millennia, though much of the pre-Islamic material has been lost. ...
The beliefs and practices of the culturally and linguistically related group of ancient peoples who inhabited the Iranian Plateau and its borderlands, as well as areas of Central Asia from the Black Sea to Khotan (modern Ho-tien, China), form Persian mythology. ...
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The Persian carpet (Pahlavi bÅb[1] Persian farÅ¡ ÙØ±Ø´, meaning to spread and Arabic qÄli, Turkish hali)[2] is an essential part of Persian art and culture. ...
Art depicting two men in a Persian Garden Persian Gardens refers to a tradition and style of garden design which originated in Persia, modernday Iran. ...
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Figurines playing stringed instruments, excavated at Susa, 3rd millennium BC. Iran National Museum. ...
The cinema of Iran (or Persian cinema) is a flourishing film industry with a long history. ...
Old Persian: Old Persian cineiform script, Middle Persian (or Pahlavi): Pahlavi, Manichean scriptâby Persian-speaking Manichees, Modern Persian: Persian variant of the Arabic alphabet. ...
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History The history of calligraphy in Iran dates back to the pre Islam era. In Zoroastrianism beautiful and clear writings were always praised. [1] Around one thousand years ago, Ene Moghleh Beyzavi Shirazi (in Persian: ابن مقله بيضاوی شيرازی) and his brother invented six genres of Iranian calligraphy namely "Tahqiq", "Reyhan", "Sols", "Naskh" and "Toqih" and "Reqah". These genres were common for four centuries in Persia. In 7th century (Hijri calendar), a new genre of Persian calligraphy was invented and named "Ta'liq". It has been suggested that Urdu alphabet be merged into this article or section. ...
Morteza Gholi Khan Shamlou and Mohammad Shafi Heravi invented a new genre called "Shekasteh Nastaliq". Abdol-Majid Taleqani brought this genre to its highest level.
Contemporary Persian calligraphy In 1950, Association of Iranian Calligraphers was founded by Hossein Mirkhani, Ali Akbar Kaveh, Ebrahim Bouzari, Hassan Mirkhani and Mehdi Baiani. In Afghanistan, Azizuddin Vakili published a book entitled "Calligraphy during last two centuries in Afghanistan" (1964).
Modernist movement Zendeh Roudi, Jalil Rasouli, Parviz Tanavoli and Reza Abedini revolutionized Persian calligraphy by combining Iranian painting art and Iranian calligraphy. Fashion designer Nima Behnoud also used Persian calligraphy and Rumi poetry in dress designing. Mohammad Jalil Rasouli (born 1947 Hamedan) is a notable Iranian artist and Persian calligrapher. ...
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Reza Abedini Reza Abedini, (Persian: رضا عابدÛÙÛ), (Born 1967 Tehran) is a world renowned Iranian (Persian) designer and a professor of graphic design and visual culture at Tehran University. ...
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Genres Chalipa panel, Mir Emad. ...
Most notable figures Mir Ali Tabrizi (14th century). ...
Emad Al-Hassani Qazvini (1554-1615), widely known as Mir Emad (میر عماد), is considered as one of the most celebrated masters of Nastaliq (نستعلیق) calligraphic style. ...
MÃrzá `Abbás-i-Núrà MÃrzá `Abbás-i-Núrà (Persian: â â), more commonly known as MÃrzá Buzurg was the father of Baháulláh, the prophet-founder of the Baháà Faith. ...
MishkÃn-Qalam MÃrzá HÌ£usayn-i-Isfahánà (d. ...
Reza Abedini Reza Abedini, (Persian: رضا عابدÛÙÛ), (Born 1967 Tehran) is a world renowned Iranian (Persian) designer and a professor of graphic design and visual culture at Tehran University. ...
See also Contemporary Western Calligraphy. ...
The stylized signature (tughra) of Sultan Mahmud II of the Ottoman Empire was written in an expressive calligraphy. ...
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